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ntlmd How- I 'the ntion unit , ey come_ by their whole- eness naturally, since they made in a new model mil- e baking process. a part of every step nafing the leather and the employeeq. giving the work. , . ' It isn t alway what a man known but whnjg he doesn t tell that fnakea `us belieye him wise. J as. Pat %,r:s.c_)_; Auctioneer and ' Appraiser Orders left at A. F. A. Mel- comson s will receive prompt attention. t2o_Bayeld Street ' BARRIE, : ONT Phone I91 118 Bayeld St. .`\So good that butter` seems unnecessary. i2-15 56A , 7 V .V., `_. V... _...-.-......-V ....-~vuu-- Standing` on tip-toe, shoput her lips to the `idols ear and .whispered. Frederic`, across the room, rouised from his lct11a1-gy by the strange Words and still stranger actions, rose to his feet and took -several steps toward her. Tl1c1'e! Now you` know everything`. You know more than James Brood knows, for you know wlxatlns (-,11arn1111;rA wlfc is afout to do- next. S\ho.d1'ew back." and 1'(=,:a.1'ded fhe image` ..th1'ough half-closed, sn1o1do_1'i11g eyes. But he will know before 1on_:-be*.'o1'e 10115:. T \_V}1at: are you doingr, vYvom1e`! de1na'11d(=d F1'ede1'1c- unstead1l_\'._ . "I (IL- __-`L_',_I- 1 ,1 1 \u..n-uuxux u. x 1'k7llL'-1 It \u1aLL'auu_\ -_ She whi;'led, a.b.0ut`and came tb- war'd him,_ her `hands still clasped b(-`hind 1101' back. 11/`! no 1 --1 I SD30 '4-nun UUIIIIJUIIIIIFI K7`) If-3| Well, she said de1ibe1'atel_V,. I am ready to go away with you.= He fell back" stunned beyond t`:-3 power of speech. His brain vm.; lled with a thousand cllatteritxg noises. 1171' 1 ,, L,,,,,,_,'] __-__ ___.L )9 .. ..- THNRSDAY, APRIL 13th, `1916; l1UIBCDa He has turned you out, S10 went on rapidly. He (lisoxvns you. Very well;-the time has come for me to exact payment for all that has gone before. I shall go aw -y with you. I- T.{~.n.-`up-:1:-u'|n I 7 Ho nrlnr-l ninrr Vvllll _\'ULl. .1`: ' Impossible! he crxed, ndmg his tongue and drawmg still fmltherb away frorff her; A-on 1YI\`I1 nnf -in `DVD T1199, 811115. Auvuuvs her thit I out-, ` t `ed every month ; she said, `Why ' d ft you buy 1 e of Lydis E. Pinkhaxn's Vegetable mpound? My \priI 7 PI... By George Barr Mcutcheon Copyright, 1914. by Dodd Mead and Co. Wua LLu1AA anv-u Are you not in Black; Is White liliwnnx love with me? -utuuv uuv bill} auuxxug 'Vl3lUll.u For God s sake, Yvo1me-le9.vc _me. Let me` go my Way; Let me-- *He [cursed your mother! e curses you! He dam11sTyou-as 1-4: dan111ed11e1`. You can pay 111111 for eve1'ythin0'.. .You [owe nothing to" him. He has killed every-- 'IJ`.....L...:,. J-...n:n.L-nun.`-I I11-\ nu-u:1r1nn_ ALLAH. LLU nan nxucu UV\JL_y Frederic straightened up sudden- ly, and .with a loud cry of exulta-. tion raised his clenched hands above his head. ' ' (tn 1 -r -11 1 1 1' I `I llizymheaveii, I will break him! I will n1ake_him pay! Do you know what he has done to me? Listen to -this: he boasts of having reared me to manhood, as one might bring up a -prize beast, that he might make me pay for the wrong my poor mot_her did a quarter of `a, century ago. All these _vears'he has had in mind this thing` that he has`done to- day. All my life has been spent in preparation for the sacrifice that came an hour ago. I have snifered all these years in ignorance of- KT.-.4 an `n11A', -also vnilada-no-noon: .,,`... ' for e of 'vit.h-, nu DIICEU DCKILD Ill JEIIULQMUU UL - Not so loud! `she Twhispered, alarmed by the vchemence of his re- awakeped fury. T NOR T7... At ..-L`....Z.'lH7 Ln m.-{nil CIVVCIIIXCQIUKI LLIJJQ , Oh, I m not afraid! he cried savagely. Can .you imagine any- thing more diabolical than the s'cheme"he has had in mind all these years`! To payout my mother-- whom` he loved and still loves--yes, by heaven, `he still loves her !-he works to this beastly end. He made her suffer the agonies of the damned up to the day of her death by refus- ing her the right to -have the child that he swears` is no child of his. 011, you don t know the story-you don t know the kind of man you have for a husband-you don t--"" 1117 `r `I 1 0 `I she whispred. softly. ' _ * . He put his hands to Ins eyes to shut out` the alluring vision. '13.... ('1.\.'.I 7,. rvnlvn vvvn|1\1n Innlvn . Yes, yes, I do know, she cried, violently, beating` her breast with clinched hands. I do know! I know that he still loves the poor girl -who went out of this house with his curses` 1-ingilig in l1er cars a score of years ago, and who died still hear- ing` them. And I had almost come to the point of pitying him-I was .failin;:-I was weakening. He is a womlerful man. 'I--I was losing myself. But that is all over. Three months agro I could have left -him without a pang'.- yesterday I was afraid that I. would never be pos- sible. To-da_V he makes it easy for 1110. He has hurt you bcyondi all reason, not because he hates you but-because he loved your mother. [us . -u u 1- an 1. But you do love -111111, cued Frederic i11 stark wonder. ?`You don t ca1'oAthe snap of your finger -for mo. What is all this you are say- ing, Yvonne. You must be mad. Think! Tllink wliat you are sayin0`._ 6T 1.....- u.`....,..L4. T ..... ..l......ml .LI|llXI\i LIILIIIX `\V IICIU `Y \.Ill. (Ill; L3l.I|Ylli`DC_ ` I have thou_,-'ht---I am always thinking"; I know my own mmd well .enoug'l1. It is settled`;__I am going away and am going with you. `.`I cannot listen to you, Yvonne, cried Frederic, aghast. His heart was pounding; so ercely that the blood surged to his head in ,9;reat waves, almost stunning him with its velocity. - - 3 . KKTITA mm. In. uni-unuv n1`\n nu-:nA VCIUUlU`)'o ` \Vc go to-n1o1'row,, M she cried out, 111 aniecstasy of triu*mph. She I was convinced that he would go!` ` ` La P1'ovnce! A Good God in heaven! he gasp- ed, dropping` Suddenly into a chair and burying his face in his s11akinf:; hands. What will this mean to L'ydia-w11at will she do-what will become of her? ,111 IJUULIIIKC LIL JILL I A quiver of pain crossed the wom- au s face, her eyelids fell as if to shut out .something that shamed her in spite of all her vainglorious `pro- testations. Then the' spirit of T exal- tation resumed. its sway. .-v 10 gg vlarvnvan `V-....---_..... --... ..... -7 You cannot marry Lydia now, she said, affecting a sharpness of tone that caused him to shrink in- voluntarily. It is your`duty to write her a letter to-night, explain- ing all that has happened to-day. She would sacrice herself for you to-day, but `there is-tomorrow! A` thousand tomorrows, Frederic. Don t forget them, my dear. They would be ugly after all, and sheyit too. good, too ne to be dragged into-- I ' , I peiern v\a\r -.--.. -v ....v _You are `right? he exclaimed, leaping to" his feet. It would he the vilest act that a man could per- ` 'petrate. Why-why it" would be proof of what _he says of me-it 7 would stamp me forever thebastard ` he-No," no, I could never lift my head again if I were to do this. ut- terly vile thing to Lydia. He said ' to me here--not an hour ago-that he expected me to go ahead and blight that loyal girl s life, that I would consider it a noble means, of -self-jutication! What do you "think of that? He-7 But wait! What is this that we are proposing to do? Give me time to think! Why --why, I can t take` you. away from him, Yvonnel. God in heaven,'what am I thinking of ?'Have I no sense of honor? Am I-- 111-r, _ ,_ _,_J_ 1,3. _-__ 99 _L_ --:J UL IIUHUI I ` 11.11 1" You are not his son, she said, `signicantly. 'I2~n&-'J>'Innl :5 van -u-nnann 11111:! T Blsllllllllll III a . But "that is no reason why. I should stoop to a. foul trick like this. Do-do you know what you are suggesting? h He drew back from her with a look of disgust in his `tr-.yes., No! .I m not that vile! ' Frederic you must let me- ~ I don t want to hear anything more, Yvonne. . What manner of woman are youf; He is your hus- band, he loves you, he .trus_ts` you- _ oh, ' yes, he does-! Ana you would leave him like this? You w`ould=-- . u-I-r-__s, I x~r-; _"__ 1--_':|.nn 1-1, _ ._`_,!;.'l 5"7?i1.'s'1`.`i "Zt3'51'ou?1 7' 1?`7`r'i"ea, ii1A;g'reat: agit_ation.* ` ' ` u 1...: 1.4. ...~..- 4.11` ....i.'. `.-......u.:`..... nuu ICU III!) III? HUlllUI4IllIl5' linibre. Although 'I g:s x'r;evr: ,5a.caI: uugolrguuo I i_A'nd let m`e te.llA `somethipg -ntdlun ' 'y"`IIi` ` nnn."nnwgi. Lydia, by heaven, I -shall love her to the end of my life. I will not betray that love. To the end of time she shall k'now that_ my love `for her is real and true and- "1 -. LI_.__ 1.; n-:.-1- :7 [Cal uuu D1110 i1llU.*` ' 7 `A`\Vait!V Give me time to think, sI1eLpleaded.- He shook his head re- solutely `Do'.,not judge me too harsh1y. Hear what I have to say before you condemn me. I am not the v1le c1'eat}11'e you think, Frederic. \Vait! Let n1e think! . 'I"I' A , `I -1 `I , , 1-`~- A __.........-L U]-1 \l\llLl.ULUull\.lC\.|o Do not come near" me, she cried out, covering her face with her hands. For a -full minute she stood there before him, straight and rigid as a statute, a tragic gure he was never to forget. .-Suddenly she low- ered her- hands._ To his surprise,` a smile was on her lips. You would never have gone away with me.` I know it now. All these months I have been counting. on you for this very l1our-this culminat- ing hour-and now I realize how lit- tle hope I have really had, even from . the beginning. You are honorable. There have _been times when my in- uence over you was such that you resisted only because you were loyal to yourself---not to Lydia, not to my husband--but to yourself. I came to this house with one purpose in mind. I came here to take .-you away from the man who has always stood as your `father. I would not have become your mistress. -- pah! how loathsome it sounds! But I would have enticed you away, believing myself tovbe justified. I would have struck James Brood that-blow. He would have gone to his grave be- lieving` himself to have been paid in full by the son of the woman he had deg1'ade by the boy he had roared for the slaughter, by the blood~- l 11- pa 1: -rr `Val!/3 JJGU H16 Luuaxn. He stared at her for a moment in deep perplexity, and then slowly drew near; I do. not believe you mean to do wrong-I do not believe it of you. You have been carried away by some horrible-- Listen to me, she broke in, ercely; Ii would have sacriced you--ay, sacriced you, poor boy-- for tl1e joy itiwould give me to see James Brood. grovel in misery for the rest `of his life. Oh! she ut- tered a groan of despair and self-. loathing so deep and` full of pain that his heart was chilled. mm 1 1 ,,,:| 1'r-__.____H! L- .......... hlldb 1113 11601.}: Wu.-3 \4lllIl\/\lu Good Lord, Yvonne! he gasp- ed dumbfounded. ll'I'\ . _,___ ______' ____ ,, __1`_ SIMCOEZ BATTALIONS A WILL GO TO NIAGARA P According ,to despatches from Ot- tawa, there is no likelihoodthat the Simcoe boys will train on the Pine Plains of their county. Ottawa de- spatches say there will be seven summer camps, and as soon as the weather permits` the troop in train- ing in Canada are to be concentrated in seven camps for the summer, namely, at London, Niagara. Peta- `wawa (with a detachmentat Barrie- eld), Valcartier `(including Quebec and the Martime Provinces men), Camp` Hughes, Man., Vernon, B. C.,` and the Sarcee reserve near Calgary. II... ......J. -5 LL... 4 .... .-. 2.. {........1.c Gnu Ullc LXGLUWC JUQULVD LJVKIJ. \J(lIl5Il1LJu The cost of the troops in Canada; during the. winter was $853,130, while`guards, prisoners of war and convalescents cost $447,135. Improv- ing- the defences {at Halifax cost m1M-(nnn ....;I n....1..... can nnn . '|`lnn UIIC ucLI:uuca , -.LJ.alIL(hA uvvau i':i5,ooo and Qu ebecv$90,000. The daily expenditure is over half a mil- lion. On March 18 last Canada had` 60,000 men at the front or practic- ally three complete divisions. In England there were 44,000 men, in `Canada 143,000, while in Bermuda there was the 38th, "a company of artillery in St. Lucia, and three gen- eral hospitals and three stationary .-hospitals in the Mediterranean. There are 13,000 men on `garrison duty in Canada, so that there are slightly over 200,000 out of the half , million still to be recruited. . Don t think because a mule takes to .his `heels that he is a. coward. imwmm eergjithroughout the '- 2 ubwv --::__ meat invigorate: ihe - - _ - y whileitetonic value alurpens the 1: J `tea and restores in avnatural. v _ - ent way. - If you are run down, ' lnuhion to-diy. At an ep 1' .-. IV` |'\ (To. be continued) rm: mmm Anvandn The Treosu1ier of` the Muskokai Free Hospital for Consumptivos de- sires gratefully to acknowledge the following contributions received in Barrie and Allandalo by the Field Secretary of the National Sanitar- ium Association. (`I n . An 1n /9.`-- nn 1\ 11W AUTO PRESENTED fro` con BUR.TON S BATTALION lull` .I.DD\J\./l(lI.1\Il.lc Collections, $9.18; $5.00--D1'. \V. A. Lewis. ' mnnn '71 A 1--..1 1` IV ('1 ll 4.1- JJKS `V ID: $2.00-E. A. Little, J. G.` Scott, A. F. A. Malcolnsoil, Judge E. \Vis- mer, Hunter Bros. an nn 117 -1r 0-11.-.. 1')--. f\......- m71 .o0 .LJ uxn Dbl. 1.1). U): O Malley, The Misses Craig, H. A. Smith, J. E. Sutcliffe, Be1'na1'(l Dev- lin, A. J. Sarjeant, Ed. Young, Alex. Milne, H. J. Evans, \V. L. Reeve, \V. D. Minnikin, R. Paton, .A. Quantz, O. H. Lyons, S. J. Fisher, W. C. Ley- bourne, J. Brown & Co., C. & G. Smith, R. Divorsky, Tlios. Rogers, Rev. A. H. Brown, Dr. A. Little, Miss K. Kennedy, J. D. Wisdom, A. E. Patterson. E. Shear. E. H. Firman, Mrs. J. M. Bothwell, W. B. Webb, Dr. H. T. Arnall, T. VValton, Miss`M. Mesten, Ethel Graham, ` Lelia Dougall. an ......;.. A 1 rr'w..,.1. A u..:.....1 VV. M. Salter, Rev. Dean` ypusuxso L50 cents.-A..J. Tuck, A Friend, F. Loth, H. G. Robertson, W. Rich- ardson, Dominion Cafe, D. J.` Mc- Dougall, Helen Leadley. OR . A '|'M..L'l,........ 10.. A '|F...'.-m.1 The ,216th Bantam Battalion was presented with a thirty horse power Aautomobile in front of the City Hall, Toronto, by the Sunshine Circle, on VVednesday of last. week. The pres- entation Was made by the president, Mrs.` H. O. Reade, and the secretary Mrs. `J. P. Patterson, Mrs. W. R. Jackson, the treasurer, and other members of the Circle were also" present. The Bantams, under Lieut.- Col. Burton and Major Lewis, lined up on the roadway in front` of, the City Hall steps and the automobile laden with bouquets, which vwere presented to the members of the Sunshine Circle, came along; later. The oftieers of the circle, in mak-' ing the pi-(-:-sentation, stated that it was for 1`(`(:1'l1llZll]f_" and greneral pur- poses, and \V'lSll(l the officers of the battalion s11(`.('("ss in their work. . , ., /~11 11`: 1 :1~_I CONTRIBUTIONS TO `NATIONAL SANITARIUM |}(ll'ltll|\ILl -`K|\.,\\ C.` II: lIl\vll VV \Il X\o Colonel Burton, in repl_v, said that the donation of the _;'i'l't was another evidence of the patriotism of the `women._ Mayor Church (lelivered an" Z1(l(l1`(`SS, in which he euloj:i7.c(l the women for the work they had done since thewar started. The Kaiser (loos `not like little nations or little men, he said.` He crumbles little nations into` the (lust, and he wants men like Frederick thegGreat-seven and a halt feet tall-but the little men will Show him that they can fight. Following` the presentation, the ladies were the guests at lunch- eon of the oflicers` of the battalion. The Sunshine Circle was formerly a bridge club, who turned their at- tentions to other 'tl1i11_gswl1e11 the War broke out. They have since then presented ve ambulances to the Government. and the automobile which they gave to the Bantams `to-day. Farmers of. Ontario Never had Such Condence in Dept. as at the Present ' During a debate in the Legislature last week on a motion giving more help to the farmer. the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Jas. Duff, in clos- ing the debate pointed out that the Liberals had asked the Government to'join hands in a resolution in the interests` of agriculture, yet that re- `solution was practically a criticism of the record of the Department of Agriculture up to the present.` HoW can they ask us to accept such an unfair resolution`? Z he said. We don t propose to. V VI... 'III.-.:a4-nu run! +1-an afdfn-rnnnfn CONFIDENCE IN VVC uun I: IJLUIJUDC uva The Minister met the statements that `he Department of Agriculture was asleep at the switch by declar- ing that he was willing to leave that to the farmers of the province. ` MT __. ._..L ...L`....:.il J- .-mu -9-unnlylu LU U18 uu'u1t:ra U.L mu: pxuvxnxuw. I am not afraid to say frankly that the farmers of the province- never had such condence in -the Agriculture Department as they have at the present. There has not been a single year since- we came into power that there has not been some `onward, progressive work in` the in- terests of agriculture. ."lV'l...-. 'I.f:n:aJ-nu 11151-51+ an-I1 -`an var- IUIUEIIB U1. a51.l\.'auu;u.LI7. `The Minister dealt with the var- ious activities of the department; the acre crop and prot competi- tions, the war potato plot competi-t tion that had allowed the rural school children to make enough to purchase an ambulance for the troops at the front. fl... `Il1...-J-.... ..L......-J.\..: ....,'l 4-]... vvuunl, LJUICII JJCCIQIUJC .250 A. Flethani; 10c-A Friend. U D an ulna LAVAAU = jflrie Minister characterized the whole Liberal argument simply as an attempt to create campaign mat4 erial. There was no reason for wor- ry "about the. farmers of Ontario. They were not peasants of Europe, but the aristocracy of the country. A. R. Fawcett has disposed of the Review-Herald of Thornbury and Clarksburg to J. H. Irwin, a former owner of the paper. Mr. Fawcett who also owned the Burk s Falls Arrow will return to Burk s Falls. ' ' Taunton, Mass.-` I had peiminboth sides and when my rioda oune I had `` stay at home 11: work and nut- ' 9. long time. - ering. T Mother `I ` shesaid,'Why - d"t mother bought it and e next month I was so well thatlwor .A - all the month ., e 1 day. T I am -` told lots of V hoped into pneumoi__1ia._ . "1 J 1 Lance.-Corp. V. C. Walln, of the Grey County Battalion, died i}ux,',l_`o- ronto last week. He. was ta??? course in the .Milita.ry Schoo. while at. the instruction camp ok taken ill` with measles which % -. EGRIGULTURAL DEPT. A:Reinarkabie ` Car :1 a Remarkable Price: With the Electric Starter, Light &c oextras needed to run this Car "CHEVROLET" is not doing busi ss on its reputation but on its merits. I want you to look this car 0 r: ask questions: invesigate and` you must come to the conclusion that or QUALITY, COMFORT, and DURABILITY there is no car at pr nt on the market that is near- V ly its equal i value. Let me have a talk with you fore you decide on a car Possibly you are one of those who have been serving Mc- ' Co:-mi:L: s J ersey Cream Sodas only at meaitirnes. There are, however, any number of occa- sions when they may be con- veniently and appropriately eaten. ' For thehedtime light lunch with a glass of milk; with the afternoon Cup of tea; or simply spre 1d w"th jam, honey, `cheese, marmalade or butter, and given to the children after school. G. B. Phone 298 5 Twentv-one em.plny-pg of the AT. Sisman Shoe Company have enlisted with the Aurora. company -of the 127th Battalion- The rm _and em- ployeesr have given each of them a very-ne pair of boots, thrm do- TH w. A. McCONKEY AUCTIONEER V Dunlap St., He slowly shook his head and then allowed his chin to sink deject- edly into his hands; With his cl-_ "bows on his knees he w'atche_d her movements in, a state of increasing interest and bewilderment. She turned abruptly to the, Buddha, `whose placid, smirking countenance seemed to be alive to the situation in all of its aspects. "Standing c1ose,'her hands behind her back," her gure very erect and theatric, she proceeded to address the image in a voice full of mockery." ((117-11 ..--_ _L-11, i n 0 1 V I Make a Specfialty of Farm Stock Sales. General Oces and Factory: London, Canada. Branch Warehouses: Montreal, Ottawa, Hamilton, Kingston, Winnipg, Calgary, Port Axthux, St. John, N3. Makers also of McCormick`: Fancy Biscus'_!s THE MCCORMICK MANUFACTURING co., LIMITED The Ben Telephone ce. 8: Canada A NEW ISSUE Barrie DEALER_ v avv -LEIVLI UL JuU\2l\'Ul`yn Well, my chatterbox .friend, I have pierced his armor," havn t 1? He will creep up__hcre and ask -you, his wonderful god, to tell him what to do about it ai-c? His wits are tangled. He doubts his . senses. And when he comes `to `you, -my` friend, and whines his secret doubts into your excellent and trustworthy ear, do me the kindness to keep the secret I shall now whisper to you, for I trust you, you amiable fraud. (VA 1'